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This is Robotelescope MASTER II, created by a joint force of the Lomonosow Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) scientists, and Moscow Union “Optica”. Credit: Lomonosow Moscow State University

3 years ago a team of Russian scientists working with the global MASTER network of robotic telescopes spotted that the giant star in Leo minor with a catalogue number TYC 2505-672-1, which was considered to be extinct, in fact just faded – its brightness decreased nearly 100 times.

The MASTER network of telescopes was constructed by MSU scientists for a purpose of detecting and researching Gamma-ray bursts and also thermonuclear flashes on white dwarfs, galactic center flares and quasars...